bump into (verb)
21run into — verb 1. be beset by (Freq. 6) The project ran into numerous financial difficulties • Syn: ↑encounter • Hypernyms: ↑be • Verb Frames: Something s something …
22bump — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sudden strong blow ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ minor, slight VERB + BUMP ▪ feel, take PREPOSITION …
23bump — 1. noun 1) I landed with a bump Syn: jolt, crash, smash, smack, crack, bang, thud, thump; informal whack, wallop 2) I was woken by a bump Syn: bang, crack …
24bump and grind — 1. noun a) A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance. One of the oddest spectacles in America, in fact, has to be a Tom Jones audience, in which a couple of dozen women, usually attractive and… …
25bump — 1. noun /bʌmp/ a) A light blow or jolting collision. US presidential nominees get a post convention bump in survey ratings. b) The sound of such a collision. 2. verb /bʌmp/ a) …
26bump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. collide, knock, strike, hit. See impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A jarring collision] Syn. knock, bang, bounce, jounce, jar, box, smash, pat, crack, jolt, crash, sideswipe, collision, blow, punch, hit …
27run into — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To collide with] Syn. bump into, crash, have a collision; see crash 4 , hit 2 . 2. [To encounter] Syn. come across, see, bump into*; see find 1 , meet 6 . 3. [To blend with] Syn. mingle, combine with, osmose; see merge , mix …
28run into — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you run into problems or difficulties, you unexpectedly begin to experience them. [V P n (not pron)] Wang agreed to sell IBM systems last year after it ran into financial problems... [V P n (not pron)] But the government s… …
29jostle — I (bump into) verb bang into, buffet, bump, bump against, butt, collide, crash into, crowd, elbow, fodicare, graze against, hit against, hustle, jab, jar, jolt, knock, knock against, nudge, poke, press, prod, push, run against, shake, shove,… …
30run across — verb come together (Freq. 2) I ll probably see you at the meeting How nice to see you again! • Syn: ↑meet, ↑run into, ↑encounter, ↑come across, ↑see …
